'Embassy' refers to sending a messenger or delegate to another leader. Genovese, Professor and Chair,San Diego State University 'What Griffin provides will prove very helpful to the Homeric novice and of value to more advanced readers as well.In The Iliad, Book IX is known as the 'Embassy' section because it involves sending a messenger to talk to Achilleus, who has withdrawn to his tent and who refuses to help his fellow Greeks fight. of Hellenic Studies 118 (1998), 208, '[A} readable, authoritative, pertinent introduction.'- E.N. Highly recommended to beginning and experienced readers.'Religious Studies Review, ''.a highly suitable introduction for students new to Homer, and one of the greatest merits of Griffin's excellent edition is the conviction with which he argues for its importance in the structure of the poem.this is a thoroughly reliable edition, and it can be recommended not only tobeginners in Homer but also to more advanced scholars.''A.F.Garvie, Univ.

Genovese, Professor and Chair, San Diego State University 'What Griffin provides will prove very helpful to the Homeric novice and of value to more advanced readers as well.'- Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 'An excellent contribution to Homeric studies by a seasoned scholar.

Highly recommended to beginning and experienced readers.' - Religious Studies Review ''.a highly suitable introduction for students new to Homer, and one of the greatest merits of Griffin's excellent edition is the conviction with which he argues for its importance in the structure of the poem.this is a thoroughly reliable edition, and it can be recommended not only to beginners in Homer but also to more advanced scholars.'' - A.F.Garvie, Univ. Genovese, Professor and Chair, San Diego State University 'What Griffin provides will prove very helpful to the Homeric novice and of value to more advanced readers as well.'-Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 'An excellent contribution to Homeric studies by a seasoned scholar. '[A} readable, authoritative, pertinent introduction.'- E.N.

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